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Jennifer Stager to give Aliapoulios lecture

Jennifer Stager to give Aliapoulios lecture

Jennifer Stager will present “How to Mend a Body in Ancient Greece” at the Aliapoulios Lecture. This is a special event that is part of the Spring 2026 Colloquium presented […]

Rachel Young appointed Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at National Gallery of Art

Rachel Young appointed Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at National Gallery of Art

Rachel Young was recently appointed the 2026-2028 Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Art. In this position she will contribute to […]

Out now: From the Gaps: Art, Literature, and Abortion (ASAP)

Out now: From the Gaps: Art, Literature, and Abortion (ASAP)

Professor Jennifer Stager and frequent collaborator Leila Easa have edited the latest volume of ASAP: From the Gaps: Art, Literature, and Abortion. From the introduction: [T]his cluster takes up the […]

The Seminary Co-op bookstore in Chicago to host Prof Schopp for a book launch

The Seminary Co-op bookstore in Chicago to host Prof Schopp for a book launch

The Seminary Co-op bookstore in Chicago will host Prof Schopp for a book launch in the context of the 2026 CAA.

Special edition of VRA Bulletin explores copyright, fair use, and rights management

Special edition of VRA Bulletin explores copyright, fair use, and rights management

We are pleased to announce the release of the 2025 Fall/Winter issue of the VRA Bulletin (VRAB), edited by Lael Ensor‑Bennett, Curator of the Visual Resources Collection, with Cynthia Mackey, […]

Rebecca Brown to deliver memorial lecture at Towson University’s Lain Singh Bangdel exhibition

Rebecca Brown to deliver memorial lecture at Towson University’s Lain Singh Bangdel exhibition

Rebecca Brown will give the memorial lecture honoring the late John G. Ford and connected to an on-going exhibition Nepali artist Lain Singh Bangdel at Towson University’s Asian Arts and Culture […]

Antioch Recovery Project joins Sheridan Libraries digital scholarship

Antioch Recovery Project joins Sheridan Libraries digital scholarship

The Antioch Recovery Project is an ongoing research lab dedicated to the study of mosaics from the city of Antioch-on-the-Orontes and its surroundings. Led by Jennifer Stager, the project works in collaboration with a number of experts at Hopkins and in the Baltimore area, as well as with the global community of Antioch researchers.

Congratulations to new PhDs Allsopp and Maceross

Congratulations to new PhDs Allsopp and Maceross

On November 11, Ben Allsopp successfully defended his PhD dissertation, “Contact Points: Passion Relics and Painting in Venice c. 1470-1530.” Later that month, Ben visited the J. Paul Getty Museum […]

“Remembering and Forgetting in Ancient Mesopotamia” Featured in Apollo’s “Off the Shelf”

“Remembering and Forgetting in Ancient Mesopotamia” Featured in Apollo’s “Off the Shelf”

Marian Feldman’s forthcoming book, Remembering and Forgetting in Ancient Mesopotamia: Ziggurats, Royal Sculpture, and the Shaping of the Akkadian Legacy during the Ur III Period, has been included in Apollo’s […]

Elizabeth Cropper explores the stories Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi

Elizabeth Cropper explores the stories Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi

Elizabeth Cropper, Professor Emeritus, delivered a lecture at Florida State University, Tallahassee in February 2025, that is now reaching a wider audience through digital publication. The lecture, titled “Fathers and […]